What’s up with the Hatchet Herald trying to start a social media campaign to get Die Antwoord to play the Gathering?  Dunno why that would be necessary unless they’re trying to get DA to take a big discount, which makes me think it ain’t gonna happen.

scruffy said

DrFreshness said
What’s up with the Hatchet Herald trying to start a social media campaign to get Die Antwoord to play the Gathering? 

worked for cypress hill. 

Did something like this happen to get cypress hill to come?

Mr. Tidwell said
Probably they don’t wanna get rocks thrown at em and told rob to have Juggalos show they would be wanted.

I mean it’s all speculation but I really doubt it.  I bet DA themselves don’t really know much about any of this, they may even know very little about ICP and Juggalos to begin with and it’s all happening through their management.  PSY’s line has been that the big obstacle has been that DA aren’t based in the states but that’s bullshit- a round trip plane ticket from South Africa costs less than $1k, sure there’s also crew and equipment but ultimately it’s chump change in the grand scheme of things compared to what they would get paid to play.  It seems like there are a lot of acts who will play the Gathering at a discount for the experience and/or the exposure, and PSY is looking for that hook to reel in DA.  But DA is in a totally different commercial orbit, and unless they know about Juggalos and the Gathering and really want to do it for personal reasons it doesn’t make sense for them to do the Gathering for less than they normally charge for festival dates.  

Again this all total speculation and I could be completely wrong, but that’s how it looks to me.     

Heh, I was about to come say the same thing.

For all WE know, The Gathering and ICP may not even be on their RADAR. While The Gathering is CERTAINLY no “gig at a fair” it certainly pales compared to the kind of shit they do in Europe (they ‘festival’ fuckin’ HARD over there) or even something here like Ultra or whatever…

But! Butt… I really gotta think that they have at LEAST *heard of ICP as even Die Antwoord has its haters and there are plenty of comments on their vids decrying them as “South African juggalos” that everyone else thinks is so fresh about them. Separately, they’ve both appeared in the same magazines… But they’re from another friggin’ continent so I’m just speculatin’.

Which is why I think the call for a social plea was made. Bands don’t really always do shit out of the kindness of their hearts unless it’s something they already wanna do. Decisions get made based on whether or not it BENEFITS them in some way shape or form (usually financially and there’s nothing wrong with that expectation). SO… if Psychopathic were actually able to pony up on the financial side of things, they’d probably also need to impress upon them just what an appearance by them could potentially mean to THEM. On some personal artistic tip that would validate THAT side seeing as they are supposed to be such “uber musicain/artists” (including DJ Hi-Tek).

…And I guess a “collective letter” wouldn’t be as impactful as a whole slew of individual requests. I would just hope that the majority are WELL WRITTEN and not just the usual kinda shit people give ICP like “When are you comin’ to [insert town name here]?! You gotta play!”.

Funny you mention DA, I found this video by little big the other day and DA popped up on YouTube along with it. Shit is funny!

Saw on facebook that green jello punk rock puppet show is playing and accidentally announced it on Facebook

They aint gonna get his racist ass

Gawker’s reportedly appealing the ruling, so maybe Hulk will show up & host a game of “Is It Racist?” Here’s a sample question: